Health Pulse / Kansas

Kansas Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0745

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

7 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

7 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very Low

7 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

Highest activity level observed among this state's wastewater monitoring sites. Wastewater signals often precede clinical reporting.

Notifiable Disease Reports

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	MMWR 33/2026	23	52
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	10
Giardiasis	MMWR 21/2026	1	12
Legionellosis	MMWR 7/2026	1	3
Malaria	MMWR 31/2026	1	2
Pertussis	MMWR 22/2026	2	12
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	13	39
Shigellosis	MMWR 32/2026	1	5
Tuberculosis	MMWR 27/2026	1	5

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments. Each disease shows its own most recently reported week — some lag behind others. Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease

5.66%

Current Asthma

10.33%

Current Smoking

16.12%

Depression

22.26%

Diabetes

9.69%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.79%

High Blood Pressure

31.16%

No Health Insurance

9.49%

Obesity

38.09%

Physical Inactivity

25.76%

Source: CDC PLACES, state-level average of local estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trend estimates and wastewater viral activity levels, not diagnoses or case counts. Public health surveillance data — not medical advice.